#THE KING OF OUDH’S ESTATE ACT, 1887 

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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. 

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###SECTIONS.

1. Administration of the estate of the late king of Oudh by the Governor General in Council. 
2. Indemnity to Agent to the Governor General. 
3. Effect of Act. 
 
 
 
#THE KING OF OUDH’S ESTATE ACT, 1887. 
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##ACT NO. XIX OF 1887. 
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###PASSED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL. 

*(Received the assent of the Governor General on the 23rd September, 1887.)*
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An Act to provide for the Administration of the Estate of His late Majesty the King of Oudh.

WHEREAS His late Majesty Wajid Ali Shah, Kind of Oudh, was during his lifetime exempt from the 
jurisdiction  of  the  Civil  Courts,  and  it  is  expedient  to  make  provision  for  the  administration  of  his 
estate otherwise than under the authority of those Courts; It is hereby enacted as follows :—

1. **Administration of the estate of the late king of Oudh by the Governor General in Council.**
—(1)  The  Governor  General  in  Council  shall  have  exclusive  authority  to  act  in  the 
administration of the property of whatever nature left by His late Majesty the King of Oudh in regard 
to  the  settlement  and  satisfaction  of  claims  against  the  estate  of  His  Late  Majesty,  and  may  make 
distribution of the remaining property or the proceeds thereof in such manner as he deems fit among 
the family and dependents of His late Majesty. 

(2)  No  act  of  the  Governor  General  in  Council  in  connection  with  the  administration  to  or 
distribution of the property left by His late Majesty shall be liable to be questioned in any Court. 

2. **Indemnity to Agent to the Governor General.**—The Agent to the Governor General with His 
late  Majesty,  and  all  persons  acting  under  his  order,  are  hereby  indemnified  and  discharged  from 
liability  in  respect  of  all  acts  done  by  him  or  them  since  the  twentieth  day  or  September,  1887,  in 
connection with the preservation and administration of the estate of His late Majesty, and no suit or 
other proceeding shall be instituted in any Court against him or them, or against the Secretary of State 
for India in Council, in respect of those acts or any of them. 

3. **Effect of Act.**—This Act shall take effect notwithstanding any testamentary or other disposition 
which  may  have  been  made  by  His  late  Majesty,  and  notwithstanding  any  proceedings  which  may 
have been or may be instituted before any Civil Court for administering his estate or collecting the 
debts due to it, and any person who under any probate howsoever, has received or realised any portion 
of the estate of His late Majesty shall be bound to account therefor to such officer as the Governor 
General in Council may appoint in this behalf.